[SurroundSound] Re: Power DVD 10 Ultra 3D

Tab says, "If your going for the next step...."
IMHO you might do well to get a better sound card: Creative is better
than it used to be, X-Fi is a top of the range gaming card, but it's
not serious for music.
Not as good as M-Audio, RME, E-Mu and similar.

On 5 July, 18:41, Tab Cursor <tabcur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a similar set up ... only with a Yamaha receiver. I think you
> are indeed hearing 24/96 (not downsampled). If you're looking for the
> next step, you can consider adding a processor that decodes DTS HD or
> True HD, such as a NAD M15. You can then set P DVD 10 to "passthru"
> the audio. The difference between analog out at 24/26 and "passthru"
> is noticeably better. However, you can buy an entire new receiver with
> these capabilities from Onkyo or Pioneer for a fraction of the price.
>
> My opinion on this: the P DVD 10, Arcsoft TMT3, or Corel Win DVD all
> do their own sound subsystems. They filter the audio before the X-FI
> gets to do its thing. The best my X-FI ever sounded was when using
> Creative's DVD Audio player in Windows XP (and later Vista).
> Unfortunately, they don't make a version for Windows 7. In some ways,
> KMP player sounds better for most video playback on an X-FI. It's
> sound subsystem seems to let the X-FI do its thing better.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> On Jul 5, 10:14 am, realafrica <paul.gam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > 1)  As you play this test material in PDVD 10 check if your soundcard
> > can report/show the resolution going thru it?
> > 2)  Output it to a DAC that shows the resolution.
>
> > On 4 July, 19:36, polmuaddib <vladimirmalu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hello, everybody, I may be boring with the same subjects from time to
> > > time, but I need some clarifying...
> > > I installed the new PDVD 10 Ultra3D and I downloaded some Japanese HD
> > > Reference disc. It contains a lot of video referencing material and 3
> > > audio tracks in LPCM 24/96 7.1, DolbyTrueHD 24/96 7.1 and DTS HD
> > > Master 24/96 7.1 which PDVD plays. The interesting thing is that in
> > > the information OSD in PDVD says that the output is also 24/96 which
> > > was never the case in older versions. Any 24/96 material was reported
> > > 16/48 in output. So, as everybody stated, PDVD was downsampling the
> > > material.
> > > My question is if the new version is also downsampling but falsely
> > > reporting and how can I check it?
> > > Also, can we make some NEWS section about software? Players,
> > > plugins....
> > > Thank you.
>
> > > p.s. I am running Win7 ultimate, with creative 24/96 5.1 X-Fi and
> > > analog outputs to AV reciever NAD T750.

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